de

adv

Meaning

yesterday
soft mutation of te

Etymology / origin

From Middle Cornish de, from Old Cornish doy, from Proto-Brythonic *deh, from Proto-Celtic *gdesi, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyés. Cognate with Latin heri, Welsh ddoe, French hier, Sanskrit ह्यस् (hyas), etc.

ह्यस्(Sanskrit)→
hier(French)→
ddoe(Welsh)→
heri(Latin)→
*dʰǵʰyés(ine-pro)→
*gdesi(cel-pro)→
*deh(cel-bry-pro)→
doy(oco)→
de(cnx)→
de (Cornish)
Relations: inh, inh, inh, inh, der, cog, cog, cog, cog

Related words

de(cnx)doy(oco)*deh(cel-bry-pro)*gdesi(cel-pro)*dʰǵʰyés(ine-pro)heri(Latin)ddoe(Welsh)hier(French)ह्यस्(Sanskrit)dec'h(Breton)

Descendant words

dec'h(Breton) (cog)

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